Adjustable door hinge



Nov. 25, 1930. T. L. TORGERSON ADJUSTABLE DOOR HINGE Filed March 21,1.929

INVENTOR TIL TolL-gersop ATTORNEY was;

I PatentedNov. 25, 1930" THEODORE L. ronennsoiv, ,or'bnovrtrn,CALIFORNIA ADJUSTABLE noon- HINGE H Application. filed March 21, 1929.Serial N'o.. 3 18 ,7 14. y I

This invention relates to door hinges and particularly torelativelylarge hinges of the butt type used to supp'orten'trance doorsofbuildings of all kinds and which-are exposed to the weather, andconsequently have a tend ency to shrink and swell with changes-inclimatic conditions.

Under the "present lumber for useit too frequently happens that thelumber is not properly seasoned before beingfashioned into doors, and asa conse-* quence the doors when erectedin place donot have the permanentproper lit with their cas ings. In other words in dry weather a door isapt to shrinkso as to pull away from the side of its casing opposite tothe hinges to such an extent that the door catch will notproperly engagethe strike plate in the casing, and

there is also a chance for abad draft into the a room being had betweenthe door and the easing; while in wet weather thedoor'sometimes swellsto such an extent as to jam againstfthe same so as to make it hard toopen and close thedoor. The principal objectof my invention is to iprovide an adjustable hinge for doors so constructed as to enable thedoor toabe shifted" horizontally so as to compensate for swelling vicledevenly on both sides of the casing in- 1 stead of being concentratedonlyon onesid'e,

and shrinkage and so as to permit of the extent of such swelling andshrinkage to be diasis the case with the ordinary hinge.

The adjustable construction'of my im {proved hinge is also such as toenable the householder to easily make the necessary ad justments at anytime,- with only the aid of t J Q t y yy a y a y y plates Softh ehinge,haveaaght angled lugs llbe'ntfltoward the door and disposedparahan ordinaryscrew driver'and without any mechanical knowledge and skillbeing necessary.

A further object of the invention is to pro duce a simple andinexpensive device and yet Y one, which will be exceedingly effectivefor the I purpose for whicj'hit isdesigned. i

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure. and relativearrangement of parts as willfully'appear by a perusal of thefollowingspecification and claim; so In thedrawings similar. charactersof refmethods of preparing "erence indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views Fig. lis a perspective elevationoi' inyfiim- Vproved'hing'e as mounted inconnection with Fig. 2 "is aperspectiveelevation of the hinge detached showing the adju'stztbleilJaixts asnormally covered. s

Fig. 3is a sectional plan at the top of a'hinge'f l I Fig. 4 isai'ragmentary end view o'ff tjhe" hinge partly in section substantiallyline 4rl of Fig. 3. e

through the". door Referring now more"particularlyto the characters ofreference on tliedr'awing's, the numeral 1 denotesone of the plates ofthe hinge adaptedto be secured in theusualposion the ti'o n to the doorjamb 2 and provided at one end with vertical and spacedknuckles tonreceive the hinge pin 4'. The otherhinge plate 5 for attachm'eiit to theedge of the door 6 is not directly connected to the hinge pin andterminate at its outer endin" a plurality "of rightfangled verticallyspaced extensions Whichare positionedin alternate horizontal planes totlie planes" ofthe knuckles Eland extending, away from the plate. 1',These ex tensions abut against other similarly sized plates Sforrhedwithknuekle'sfi engaged byj the hinge: pin and disposed in alternaterelation to thedknuckles 3. The platesf8- are formed with yokes10"wengaging]the extenhorizontalniovement between said extensionsandplates .8 by preventing such movement from taking-.place in any otherdirectioli.

Attheifout'er ends the top and bottom isions Tiand forming guidesandsupporting meansforisald extens ons to allow relative "lel to theplatef5. Adjnstablej screws 12 are plane of the door and tljle pillknuckles and I aretlire adedthrough tlie lugs 11, Collars 1 3" are fixedon the screws under their heads k to prevent longitudinal movement? of.said screwskwith'outinterfering with their rota-E tion'.

moved horizontally to form its jamb, so as to compensate for shrinkageor swelling and divide up the space thus formed between both sides ofthe door casing. Adjusting one screw more than the other one Way or theother also serves to take up any sag of the door Within a limitedextent, as will be evident.

Should it be desired the features which permit of the adjustment of thedoor and which project to one side of the door may be covered by ahousing 14 so that the exposed portions of the hinge as a whole willpresent a neat appearance. This housing does not need to be removed whenonce applied since the adjustments are made by turning the screws 12 attheir heads, which face toward the plate 1 and are of course renderedaeces-.

sihle when the door is opened, and the plates are at widely divergingangles to each other. To limit the distance the plate 5 can be movedtoward the plate 1 by adjustment of' the screws (and which cannot bedctern'iined when such adjustment is being made) the extensions 7 areprovided with stops 7 at their outer ends to engage the yokes 10 whenthe said plates are as. close together as they can he.

Though shown as mounted on the righthand edge of a door, the hinge canof course be inverted and used equally well on a lefthand door.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth i detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviationstrom suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and usefulanddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A door hinge including a pair'oi plates adapted for separateattacl'iment to a door and its casing in adjacent and facing relation toeach other, spaced knuckles formed with one plate, other separateknuckles to cooperate with the first named knuckles, a hinge pin throughall said knuckles, plates projecting "from said separate knuckles,angled extensions on the other plate engaging and supporting said lastnamedplates for sliding movement in a horizontal plane, lugs on theouter ends of certain ones of said last named plates extending in thedirection of said other plate and parallel thereto, and horizontaladjustment screws between said lugs and said other plate.

In testimony whereot I aii'ix mv signature.

rnnonoan L. ronc nnson.

